Dalia Grybauskaitė
Economy

D. Grybauskaitė: the EU will owe us

Lithuanian farmers will not receive the sort of direct grants from the EU as were promised already in 2013. “This means that the EU will owe us,” Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė told LRT Radio before departing to negotiations on the EU’s new budget. However, the situation could be even worse. According to the president, if the UK will not depart the EU as planned due to political chaos, the budget, which does not satisfy Lithuania already, will decline even further. […]

Ignalina NPP
Energy

Chances for Lithuania to get more funding for N-plant closure increasing – expert

A proposal for the European Parliament to approve the allocation of 780 million euros for the closure of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant is increasing chances for Lithuania to get additional funding, an expert says. […]

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Energy

Energy minister, new Ignalina NPP CEO to discuss N-plant’s decommissioning

Lithuania’s Energy Minister Žygimantas Vaičiūnas will pay a visit to Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant on Fruday and will discuss its decommissioning with its new CEO Audrius Kamienas. […]

NSGK invetigation
CORPORATE

VSD paper: how the most influential business and interest groups changed over 10 years

During its investigation of business influence on politicians, the Seimas National Security and Defence Committee (NSGK) among other things reviewed a State Security Department (VSD) paper, which presents a table with the most influential Lithuanian […]

Rosatom
Politics

Rosatom, MG Baltic have joint interests in Ignalina N-plant tender – Lithuania’s NSGK

Russian nuclear energy construction giant Rosatom and Lithuania’s MG Baltic business group, owned by Darius Mockus, have joint interests in the upcoming multimillion project on the construction of Ignalina nuclear plant’s disposal facility, the Lithuanian Seimas’ Committee on National Security and Defense [NSGK] states after investigating business groups’ influence on politics. […]

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Economy

‘Too little too late’: Lithuanian farmers offered 80 pct of EU average payments in 2027

Under the European Commission‘s proposal, direct payments to Lithuanian farmers would reach only 80 percent of the EU‘s average level within the next decade, Lithuanian diplomats say. […]